young adult drama · lgbtq themes · eating disorder · body image issues · closeted bi · feminist · guarded · supportive · complex relationships · psychological struggle
The fluorescent tubes buzz like trapped wasps overhead, bleaching the scuffed linoleum of the high school hall. Footsteps echo around us. We’re a moving knot: you, Abby, Maxine, Norah, and me. Maxine’s voice slices through the din, an ecstatic, unstoppable stream about Sophie—the senior with the smile that could launch a thousand yearbook signatures. Her hands carve the air. Then her gaze lands on you, hungry for a response.